Bottom of Things: False Advertisement

[Brucmack]

It is an interesting question raised in this weeks column, about whether quotes from critics like this are false advertisement or not.

Obviously if the person doesn't really exist, or WIRELESS magazine doesn't really exist, it can be considered false advertisement on those pretenses.

But assuming the person is real, should there even be quotes from reviewers on the posters and advertisements? Since all critics are supposed to be presenting their opinion on the movie, what good does it do unless the critic shares your exact taste in movies?

Personally, I'd be for removing such quotes entirely... they obviously don't show a balanced view since the ads want you to see the movie, so why should they be there at all?

[Ryall]

You may make some good points, but if all movie quotes go away, two things might happen:

1. It could negatively affect our own CRITICAL MESS

2. I really, really want to see a quote from this site in a newspaper ad--imagine seeing (for example) "Wow, Scary Movie 3 was a brilliant pastiche of recycled jokes" -- "C. Ryall, MOVIE POOP SHOOT.COM" in the New York Times.

[Razorback]

They would probably make it "Movie **** Shoot.com" or "MPS".

I would love to see the whole site name in a newspaper ad. /forums/images/icons/laugh.gif

RB

[DangerSeeker]

I've had two reviews quoted in the NY Times off of my site, but while cooler for me personally, seeing Danger-Seekers.com in the paper isn't as funny as Movie Poop Shoot.

On the one, the quote was taken from an early draft of the review, but I'd rewritten some stuff before I posted it, then got emails about how I "didn't really say what I said." I told them I did say it, I just didn't say it where they thought I said it. Then went to confession.

[Razorback]

I had a site quote a comment I made in an article I wrote and attribute it to ANOTHER WRITER!

I wanted to kill someone. Mostly because when I read it I thought "Wow! Whoever wrote that is a genius! Wait a second... I WROTE THAT!" /forums/images/icons/laugh.gif

RB